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T.P.DJVLV.2.3
(Al/2001)
3.2 Road Types
3.2.1 Rural Road Types
3.2.1.1 Trunk Roads — Roads connecting the main centres of population. High capacity roads with
no frontage access or development, pedestrians segregated, widely spaced grade-separated
junctions, and 24 hour stopping restrictions.
3.2.1.2 Rural Roads — Roads connecting the smaller centres of population or popular recreation
areas with major road networks. Frontage access should be limited wherever possible and
junction design whilst not necessarily grade separated should be of a high capacity standard.
3.2.1.3 Feeder Roads — Roads connecting villages or more remote settlements to Rural Roads.
3.2.2 Urban Road Types
3.2.2.1 Trunk Roads — Roads connecting the main centres of population. High capacity roads, with
no frontage access or development, segregation of pedestrians, widely spaced gradeseparated
junctions, and 24 hour stopping restrictions.
3.2.2.2 Primary Distributor — Roads forming the major network of the urban area. Roads having
high capacity junctions, though may be at-grade, segregated pedestrian facilities wherever
possible and frontage access limited if not entirely restricted, and 24 hour stopping
restrictions.
3.2.2.3 District Distributors — Roads Linking Districts to the Primary Distributor Roads. High
capacity at-grade junctions, with peak hour stopping restrictions and parking restrictions
throughout the day.
3.2.2.4 Local Distributors — Roads within Districts linking developments to the District Distributor
Roads.
3.2.3 Expressway
3.2.3.1 Roads are designated as Expressways under the Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations.
An expressway may be formed from a trunk road or a primary distributor road. Details of
Expressway standards are contained in Chapter 6 of this Volume.